Chapter 9 Food: Getting IT, Growing IT, Eating IT, And Passing IT Around

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1.

A society's techniques for acquiring food resources is/are its:
- A.
  
  Shopping habits
- B.
  
  Economy
- C.
  
  Subsistence pattern
- D.
  
  Market system
2.

Humans probably began meat-eating as:
- A.
  
  Scavengers
- B.
  
  Big game hunters
- C.
  
  Herders
- D.
  
  Fishermen
3.

Big game hunting probably became important:
- A.
  
  On the savannas of Africa
- B.
  
  In the tropical forests
- C.
  
  In glacial areas during the Pleistocene
- D.
  
  Only in recent times after the advent of farming
4.

For most hunter-gatherer societies, most of the diet comes from:
- A.
  
  Hunted meat
- B.
  
  Gathered plants
- C.
  
  Domesticated food sources
- D.
  
  Fish and small game
5.

Anthropologist formerly emphasized hunting among hunter-gatherers for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
- A.
  
  It was the major source of food
- B.
  
  Hunting was seen as the more exciting and romantic endeavor
- C.
  
  Hunter-gatherers themselves placed a social emphasis on hunting
- D.
  
  Hunting is a more dangerous, more tenuous activity
6.

The farming ideas of the Soviet scientist Lysenko did not work because they were based on:
- A.
  
  Religious belief
- B.
  
  Marxist-Leninist social theory
- C.
  
  Lamarckian ideas about evolution
- D.
  
  Mendelian genetics
7.

Foraging is a synonym for:
- A.
  
  Hunting-gathering
- B.
  
  Horticulture
- C.
  
  Agriculture
- D.
  
  Pastoralism
8.

Which is most accurate regarding foraging societies in the world today?
- A.
  
  There are about 30,000 foragers left
- B.
  
  There are millions of people who still rely on foraged food
- C.
  
  There are no societies left that are true foragers
- D.
  
  Foragers are isolated so we don't know how many are left
9.

Why have anthropologists traditionally focused so much on the study of foraging groups?
- A.
  
  They are simple societies and so easy to study
- B.
  
  All humans were foragers for over 90% of human history
- C.
  
  They are exotic and interesting
- D.
  
  They are technologically simple and don't complain about being photographed
10.

Foraging societies are egalitarian. This means that:
- A.
  
  There are no important differences among the people
- B.
  
  People are equal in wealth although not in status
- C.
  
  People are equal in status although not in wealth
- D.
  
  There are no recognized, formalized status or wealth differences
11.

Which is the most accurate statement about foraging societies?
- A.
  
  They are usually on the brink of starvation
- B.
  
  They have to try hard to increase their birth rate to maintain their population
- C.
  
  They have to practice methods to limit their birth rate
- D.
  
  They are now extinct because they could not produce enough food
12.

Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of foraging societies?
- A.
  
  Egalitarian
- B.
  
  Polytheistic
- C.
  
  Nomadic
- D.
  
  Individual land holdings
13.

The division of labor typical among foragers is that:
- A.
  
  Individual jobs are done by individual specialists
- B.
  
  Men hunt and women gather
- C.
  
  Pretty much everyone does every important task
- D.
  
  The lower classes do most of the manual labor
14.

The egalitarian San from the Kalahari of southern Africa have one symbol of differential status. It is that:
- A.
  
  Good hunters get more meat from the kill
- B.
  
  Women who gather more plants have more power
- C.
  
  Successful healers sometimes have more than one wife
- D.
  
  Larger individual groups have the right to a larger territory
15.

For the San, "insulting the meat" is a means of:
- A.
  
  Maintaining their egalitarian outlook
- B.
  
  Keeping anthropologists from feeling superior
- C.
  
  Keeping less powerful men from achieving higher status
- D.
  
  Showing the spirit of the dead animal the superiority of humans
16.

The first evidence of food production comes from about:
- A.
  
  250,000 years ago
- B.
  
  100,000 years ago, with the first modern humans
- C.
  
  12,000 years ago
- D.
  
  Around the beginning of the Christian era
17.

Evidence for the transition to food producing is in all the following forms EXCEPT:
- A.
  
  Artifacts used in food producing and processing
- B.
  
  Remains of ancient grains
- C.
  
  Ancient paintings of people planting
- D.
  
  Biological differences between wild and domestic plants and animals
18.

Intensive foraging refers to:
- A.
  
  The overexploitation of an environment by hunting and gathering
- B.
  
  Large scale farming or herding
- C.
  
  The exploitation of new food sources after the final glacial recession
- D.
  
  Extra energy put into foraging to stave off starvation
19.

The exploitation of new food sources available in some areas after the final recession of the Pleistocene glaciers 12,000 years ago is known as:
- A.
  
  Food producing
- B.
  
  Intensive foraging
- C.
  
  Horticulture
- D.
  
  Domestication
20.

Archaeologist Kent Flannery suggests that farming probably began:
- A.
  
  In the midst of areas of rich natural resources
- B.
  
  In areas of poor natural resources
- C.
  
  In the tropics
- D.
  
  In poor areas at the margins of rich ones
21.

The first animal species to be domesticated was probably:
- A.
  
  Cattle
- B.
  
  Corn
- C.
  
  Reindeer
- D.
  
  Dogs
22.

Evidence of the domestic dog goes back to:
- A.
  
  100,000 years ago
- B.
  
  35,000 years ago
- C.
  
  12,000 years ago
- D.
  
  7, 000 years ago
23.

Other than the dog, domestic animals begin to appear about:
- A.
  
  35,000 years ago
- B.
  
  10,000 years ago
- C.
  
  5, 000 years ago
- D.
  
  2,000 years ago, around the beginning of the Common Era
24.

Which of the following was NOT a New World domesticate?
- A.
  
  Llamas
- B.
  
  Turkeys
- C.
  
  Guinea pigs
- D.
  
  Bison (buffalo)
25.

Which is NOT a reason for the lateness of domestication in the New World?
- A.
  
  Humans didn't enter the New World until later
- B.
  
  The early humans in the New World were not as intellectually advanced
- C.
  
  There were fewer domesticable species in the New World
- D.
  
  Important wild food sources were found in great abundance